Ostrogozsk Pocket

The Ostrogozsk Pocket was an encirclement campaign of World War II that lasted from 1 to 4 February 1943 when 5 Royal Hungarian Army divisions and one Wehrmacht division were encircled by nine Soviet Red Army divisions in southern Russia. The Red Army launched an assault on the pocket from multiple sides to win a speedy victory against the Axis forces, and the  Axis suffered 3,642 casualties; the remainder were forced into captivity.